1612
- Boo
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1612
Had a ride over to Pendle Hill on Saturday to check out the giant '1612' celebrating the quadricentennial of the witch trials.
It's pretty big!!
If anybody's interested in the history have a read of this: http://www.pendlewitches.co.uk/
It's pretty big!!
If anybody's interested in the history have a read of this: http://www.pendlewitches.co.uk/
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Re: 1612
Excellent photo's Boo excellent story too! One witch (it's usually women int it!) is described as an old woman of 4 score years, 50 years as a witch. !!!
Is the '1612' cut into chalk? ................. If you take a route from Lentwardine to Rhayader, you may have noticed a '1953' on a hillside, it's brown Larch against a background of something like Douglas Fir.
Is the '1612' cut into chalk? ................. If you take a route from Lentwardine to Rhayader, you may have noticed a '1953' on a hillside, it's brown Larch against a background of something like Douglas Fir.
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Re: 1612
Thats the worst case of graffiti I have seen in a long time
Lovely bike Boo.
Steve
Lovely bike Boo.
Steve
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Re: 1612
I thought from a distance it was maybe cut into the peat and limed (no chalk round here - it's all millstone grit) ..but when I got close it's actually made from polythene sheet, rolled up and pegged to the ground. Very temporary!
I've always come the Newtown way to Rhayader, and that, the Aberystwyth or Devil's Bridge way out, so never seen the 1953.
I've always come the Newtown way to Rhayader, and that, the Aberystwyth or Devil's Bridge way out, so never seen the 1953.
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Re: 1612
Was also out takeing photos yesterday after seeing yours on facebook.
Just dont park up on a bits of a slope, on mud.
Bike rolled forward off the side stand as i was getting off,pinning me under it.
Just dont park up on a bits of a slope, on mud.
Bike rolled forward off the side stand as i was getting off,pinning me under it.
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Re: 1612
Bugger. Hope you're OK Steve.. Easy to end up with broken bits (of human) at 0mph!steveST100 wrote:Bike rolled forward off the side stand as i was getting off,pinning me under it.
Apparently the '1' has blown away, so it just says '612' today.
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Re: 1612
Today.
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Re: 1612
Boo wrote:Bugger. Hope you're OK Steve.. Easy to end up with broken bits (of human) at 0mph!steveST100 wrote:Bike rolled forward off the side stand as i was getting off,pinning me under it.
Apparently the '1' has blown away, so it just says '612' today.
It's dem witches I tells ya'
Better get Vincent Price on the case
Looks like a top ride out boo!!
Hope the bike and yourself are alright steve.